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Areas of Harford County that lie south and east of I-95 have the most county residents incarcerated in state prisons, according to a study released earlier this week. Included are the cities of Aberdeen and Havre de Grace, where resident incarceration rates are among the state's highest for municipalities. But a few more sparsely populated areas of northern Harford also have relatively high rates of incarceration among their residents compared to the county as a whole. The study, called "The Right Investment? Corrections spending in Baltimore City," was done by the Justice Policy Institute and Prison Policy Initiative. While it specifically looked at incarceration...

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Areas of Harford County that lie south and east of I-95 have the most county residents incarcerated in state prisons, according to a study released earlier this week.
Included are the cities of Aberdeen and Havre de Grace, where resident incarceration...

I was taken aback when I saw the headline of the editorial "Election of GOP governor opens door to fairer election redistricting." Yes, Maryland may have gerrymandered congressional districts. However, this isn't solely a Maryland or...

Maryland almost certainly will not enact reforms to the way it redraws legislative and congressional districts this year because the most powerful proponent of the idea, Gov. Larry Hogan, isn't pushing it. He wants a commission to study the issue and...

Gov.-elect Larry Hogan will soon take office facing a number of daunting challenges: soaring deficits, runaway spending, excessive taxes and a business climate unfavorable to job retention and growth.
The new governor's dance card is certainly crowded....

America is embroiled in an immigration debate that goes far beyond President Obama's executive order on undocumented immigrants.
It goes to the heart of who "we" are. And it's roiling communities across the nation.
In early November, school...

Stanley Getz has spent nearly his entire life – and legal career – in the same South Main Street building his grandparents purchased more than a century ago.
Getz, 81, his brother Alan, 79, who is also an attorney, and their nephews, Stewart, an...

No one has called Maryland's 3rd Congressional District pretty.
The irregular shape of the district currently represented by Rep. John Sarbanes has been compared to a Rorschach test and a crime scene blood spatter spread across Central Maryland. The...

In Maryland's newly redrawn 12th legislative district — which slithers from southwestern Baltimore County to West Columbia in Howard County — the race for the State House is pretty neatly divided along county lines.
All four Republicans in the race...

Times have changed for the state's Korean-Americans since the immigration boom of the 1970s brought their ancestors to the Baltimore area.
Today, the up-and-coming second generation is making its mark, and nowhere will their new identity be more...

American kids are heading back to school. But the schools they're heading back to differ dramatically by family income.
Which helps explain the growing achievement gap between lower- and higher-income children.
Thirty years ago, the average gap on...

The five gilded figures of Buddha sat cross-legged under sheets of plastic, lips curved in half-smiles of silent joy.
The room around them, however, was anything but silent. A nail gun rattled, a hydraulic lift groaned and a half-dozen Buddhist nuns...

State Sen. Verna L. Jones-Rodwell, the chairwoman of Baltimore's Senate delegation, announced her retirement Monday, effectively ceding her seat to Baltimore County Del. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam after the state merged their districts.
The development marks...

Although population growth in Harford County slowed during the past year, the number of permits issued for new residential construction hit its highest point in five years during 2013, a likely sign of more growth to come.
The county and its three...

Maryland Republicns will get a fundraising boost from Sen. Rand Paul tonight.
Paul -- a Kentucky Republican often touted as a potential presidential candidate -- will speak to supporters at a fundraiser in Silver Spring. Individual tickets begin at $40...

A Lutheran-based group broke ground last week on a $140 million retirement community to be built off of Frederick Road in Ellicott City.
The project, called Lutheran Village at Miller's Grant, lists 276 residences and other community amenities on 50...

Maryland's congressional delegation cruised to victory in Tuesday's primary, leaving Democrats positioned to dominate the state's House seats even in a year that's shaping up to be promising for the Republicans nationally.
Six of eight incumbents...

When the Rev. Darlingston Johnson tried to buy 120 acres in Montgomery County to accommodate his new church a decade ago, he quickly learned that local politicians were less devoted to practicing Christian–style kindness than he was.
He needed a few...

America is facing three pivotal points in its history: a workforce vacated by Baby Boomer retirements, a lack of teachers to prepare youth for college and give them the skills required for new and global economies, and a swiftly changing racial...

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